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... survey southwards , King sailed the little Mermaid into the sheltered waters of Cambridge Gulf . On Adolphus Island he buried one of his seamen , William Nicholls , and named the north - west point of the island after him . King was ...
... survey southwards , King sailed the little Mermaid into the sheltered waters of Cambridge Gulf . On Adolphus Island he buried one of his seamen , William Nicholls , and named the north - west point of the island after him . King was ...
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... survey of the north - west coast was continued to Cape Latouche Treville . When laying down his survey upon the chart , King found Cape Leveque to be the point where Dampier anchored in 1688. In commemoration , the name of Buccaneer ...
... survey of the north - west coast was continued to Cape Latouche Treville . When laying down his survey upon the chart , King found Cape Leveque to be the point where Dampier anchored in 1688. In commemoration , the name of Buccaneer ...
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... survey and sail for Sydney . King left impressed with the idea that somewhere behind Buccaneer Archipelago there was , if anywhere on that long coast , a river opening into the interior of the continent . The constant loss of anchors ...
... survey and sail for Sydney . King left impressed with the idea that somewhere behind Buccaneer Archipelago there was , if anywhere on that long coast , a river opening into the interior of the continent . The constant loss of anchors ...
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The Coast of Doom I I | 11 |
The First British Landing | 21 |
Columbus of the South | 26 |
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